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Sermon
King Duncan
... wasn’t even sure God existed, but he was willing to move forward in spite of his questions. And in that tiny act of faith, John C. Wright met God and found new life. The first thing we can learn from Peter’s story is to come to Jesus even if we’ve got unanswered questions. The second thing we can learn from Peter’s story is to come to Jesus even if we’re in the middle of a storm. Notice that this scene takes place in the middle of a storm. Matthew says the boat was “buffeted by the waves because ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Christ. When confronted by a servant girl concerning his association with Jesus, he gave a curse and denied he ever knew him. Judas, Peter—then the rest of the disciples. Jesus tried so hard to get through to them even though he knew that for a while, ... cup—his body broken, his blood shed. Bishop N.T. Wright reminds us, when Jesus wanted us to understand the cross, he didn’t give us a theory or a theology, he gave us a meal. As Bishop Wright says: “We break bread and drink wine together, telling the ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... determined right then," he'd say with a twinkle in his eye, "not to miss the things in life, that my uncle had missed." Frank Lloyd Wright saw in those tracks what his uncle could not: It is easy to let the demands of life keep us from the joys of living. ... bring their sick and demon possessed. The whole town is gathered at the door and they are healed. Nothing more is said here of Peter’s mother-in-law but I am sure she could not have imagined after starting her day with a deadly fever, that she would ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to be like the non-committed fellow described in this little poem: "He led a blameless life, For him life had no terrors. St. Peter wrote the final score-- No runs, no hits, no errors." Remember Jesus' words in Revelation? "Be ye cold or hot. So, because you are ... a story that Norman Vincent Peale told about Henry B. Wright, a professor at Yale University. Wright had a friend who was a bum on skid row in New York City. One weekend after a visit with his friend, Wright was on a train returning to Yale when God ...
5. Time to Listen
Matthew 17:1-9
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... the ending to a story! Just walk off the stage. Let someone else finish it. In our Bible story today, Jesus led three of his disciples, Peter, James and John, up on a high mountain. They didn’t know it yet, but Jesus was going to show them the end of the story, ... O. Frank, How to Get Your Point Across In 30 Seconds or Less (New York: Pocket Books, 1986). 3. Quote, 9/1/88. 4. Wright, N. T. For All God's Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the Church (p. 79). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Kindle Edition ...
6. Should We Wash One Another's Feet?
John 13:31-38, John 13:1-17
Sermon
King Duncan
... table of Christ is all about. Theologian N. T. Wright reminds us that, when Jesus wanted us to understand the cross he didn’t give us a theory or a theology, he gave us a meal. As Bishop Wright says: “We break bread and drink wine together, telling the ... Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!” I’m sure Jesus loved Simon Peter for moments just such as these. In a few moments Jesus will tell Simon ...
7. Big Boys Do Cry
Joel 2:1-2,12-17
Sermon
King Duncan
... It’s all right to shed tears over your sins. Tonight begins the season of Lent. Among the familiar scenes in this season is that of Simon Peter sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl comes to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she says to him. But he denies it. “I don’t ... James and Frank Cherry, The Grief Recovery Handbook (New York: Harper & Row), pp. 44-45. 6. Rusty Wright & Linda Raney Wright, 500 Clean Jokes and Humorous Stories, (Uhrichsville, OH: Barbour and Company).
Sermon
King Duncan
... if you moved it to Disneyland. Loreen (age 9, Tacoma). Dear Pastor, Please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been a good boy all week. I am Peter Peterson. Sincerely, Pete (age 9, Phoenix). Dear Pastor, Please say a prayer for our Little League team. We need ... t it time you surrendered your life to God? ------------------------------------------------------- 1. I indebted to the Reverend Wasena Wright for this illustration. [ORIGINAL SERMON] It’s always interesting to discover a child’s take on ...
Sermon
Richard Hasler
... a funeral service would be held that day at Gutterman’s Chapel, 1970 Broadway.[7] This man sounds to me like “a modern-day Zacchaeus who has met Jesus.” Amen. [1]. Tom Wright, Luke for Everyone, 221-222. [2]. Fred Craddock, Interpretation: Luke, A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching, 218. [3]. Peter J. Gomes, The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1996), 286. [4]. J. Lynne Hinton, Meditation for Walking (Macon, Georgia: Smyth & Helwys ...
Teach the Text
R.T. France
... of the male disciples at the women’s report has given way to dawning belief. The decisive new event has been the appearance to Peter, which must be presumed to be subsequent to his inconclusive visit to the tomb in 24:12. The Gospels have no other record of ... need Christ to remind us of his power in our generation. Theology: The Challenge of Jesus, by N. T. Wright. New Testament scholar N. T. Wright re-creates the Emmaus Road scene for the post-modern reader in a riveting and practical way: Two unbelievers ...
11. Clean and Unclean Foods
Deuteronomy 14:1-21
Understanding Series
Christopher J. H. Wright
... and Gentile in the extended and redefined Israel of the Messiah. This end to the distinction is underlined in Acts 10, where Peter’s vision taught him (to his great surprise) that the division of the animal kingdom was no longer to be perpetuated and ... g., Isa. 1:2; 30:1, 9; Jer. 3:22; Mal. 1:6 (sg.); 2:10). Cf. de Boer, Fatherhood; C. J. H. Wright, God’s Land, pp. 15–22; and Wright, Knowing Jesus, pp. 118–35. 14:4–19 Many attempts have been made to explain why certain species were clean and others ...
Sermon
Richard Hasler
... lungs, “It’s Friday!” and all five hundred of us in that church yelled back with one accord, “but Sunday’s comin!” [3] Amen. [1]. N, T. Wright, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church (New York: Harper One, An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2008), 41. [2]. Peter Jenkins, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 68. [3]. Tony Campolo, Let Me Tell You a Story (Nashville: Word Publishing ...
13. A Healthy Body
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
Sermon
King Duncan
... world will come to know Jesus. 1. Milton Weisshaar, The Pastor's Story File, March 1996, p. 3. 2. Laurence J. Peter and Bill Dana, The Laughter Prescription (New York: Ballantine Books, 1982). 3. Chafin, Kenneth L. The Communicator's Commentary, #7 (Waco, ... . Redding. Before You Call, I Will Answer (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1985), p. 119. 7. Alan D. Wright, A Chance at Childhood Again. From Stories for the Family's Heart compiled by Alice Gray (Sisters, OR.: Multnomah Publishers, 1998), ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... way to make it possible. All change in this world begins with a dream. God is still speaking to us in our dreaming. God is the ultimate dream weaver. Not John Lennon. Not Gary Wright. God knew first how to break conventions, break down stress and fear, help us to envision a future of promise, encourage us to move ahead into unknown places. God weaves for us a “dream ... Psalm 139: You Know Me Lord The Emmanuel Prophesied by Isaiah (7:10-25) Joseph’s Visitation (Matthew 1:18-25) Peter’s Dream (Acts 10)
Sermon
Richard Hasler
... in God? How consistent were they in relying on God alone, wherever they were, whatever happened, no matter what? How about us?”[2] Tom Wright brought the story up to the present where it involves all of us “rich” people, in case we forget, by almost any human standard ... give up on the Lazarus on our doorstep or anyone else. God’s compassionate grace continually seeks us. Amen. [1]. Peter Harry Brown and Pat H. Broeske, Howard Hughes: The Untold Story (New York: A Dutton Book, Penguin Group, 1996), 339 ...
Teach the Text
Jeannine K. Brown
... ., Dan. 10:12). 17:7  Jesus came and touched them. Matthew portrays Jesus touching someone for healing in the case of a leper (8:3); Peter’s mother-in-law, who has a fever (8:15); and in the pair of stories about two blind men (9:29; 20:34). Here ... of the journey for Jesus. And the immediate context (17:10–13) makes this connection explicit: glory and the cross go together. As N. T. Wright puts it, Learn to see the glory in the cross; learn to see the cross in the glory; and you will have begun to bring ...
Sermon
Dean Feldmeyer
... the couch.) Because we’re crazy driven, hard-working believers, that’s why. Those other countries think we’re nuts. Whatever! Were the Wright brothers insane? Bill Gates? Les Paul? Ali? Were we nuts when we pointed to the moon? That’s right, we went up there ... move, to act, to do before we know the whole story, but never more than in response to a spiritual high like the one Peter must have been feeling as he descended from the mountain that day. But Jesus advised caution. It is not so much our duty ...
18. Rise Above It
Hebrews 4:14-5:10
Sermon
King Duncan
... our full stature as children of God. How difficult it must be for God, however, to watch us seek to cope with this hard world. Peter James Flamming tells about a young man who had been pitched from a horse and had been paralyzed. Slowly, but surely he had begun to ... him. He knows what it is to suffer, thus he is equipped to aid us in our times of suffering. Frank Lloyd Wright, the noted architect, recalled how he was awakened one night by a frantic telephone call from a client whose house had just recently ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... event is having in the world today. TIME magazine carried an interesting article sometime back by Robert Wright titled "The Evolution of Despair." In this article, Wright compared primitive societies to our own. He wasn't praising one and condemning the other. He was ... who can deny that something is happening to us as a people? Among the Aranda Aborigines of Australia, the anthropologist George Peter Murdock noted early this century, it was common for a woman to breast-feed her neighbor's child while the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... the music and even a few to the sermon. People are different. Christ came to St. Paul in a different way than he did to Simon Peter. The point is that God comes to us individually as well as corporately. God speaks to us according to our needs. God comes to us where ... us according to our needs. Let us speak to the world according to its needs as well. 1. Rusty Wright & Linda Raney Wright, 500 Clean Jokes and Humorous Stories (Uhrichsville, OH: Barbour & Co.), p. 87. 2. Mikey’s Funnies, http://www. ...
21. Driving Out the Nations
Deuteronomy 7:1-26
Understanding Series
Christopher J. H. Wright
... to do through Abram was of significance for the Canaanites precisely because it critiqued and rejected Canaanite religion. (Goldingay and Wright, “ ‘Yahweh Our God,’ ” p. 49) From a canonical perspective, setting these harsh commands in the context of Israel’s ... have known God’s “exodus” deliverance and are therefore called to be a holy, chosen people, living for God’s glory. First Peter 2:9f. chains together a number of texts (including Exod. 19:5f. and Deut. 7:6) to make this point, and ...
22. The Lord is God
Deuteronomy 4:32-40
Understanding Series
Christopher J. H. Wright
... preparations for Christ. For the thrust of this text is clear: it is these events (and no others) that witness to this God. (Cf. Wright, Unique, chs. 3–4, and Knowing, chs. 3–4.) We must conclude, however, by noting that the final thrust of the rhetoric of our ... and of his saving action in history unless they are drawn by the ethical distinctiveness of God’s people (cf. vv. 6–8; Peter urged this point upon his readers as the messianic people of God, 1 Pet. 2:9–12)? If God’s people abandon their ...
Sermon
Richard Hasler
... didn’t understand the seriousness of discipleship. He was going toward Jerusalem. It would be costly, even dangerous. Tom Wright put it this way: He asked us to imagine we were on a serious expedition when our leader reminds us ... (Jeremiah 17:7). “When I am afraid, I will trust in you” (Psalm 56:3). “Cast all your anxiety on God because God cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). John Wesley made it a practice to recite the following pledge for forty years at the New Year’s Eve Watch Night service: I am ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... to question whether such a holiday is justified.(2) The day after Dr. King was assassinated, a civil rights worker, Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, confronted a group of teenagers who seemed ready to ... to all, we have a long way to go. We have to learn the lesson that Peter learned when he was called to the home of Cornelius, a Gentile, somebody who was not Peter's "kind." Peter finally realized that God loves the WHOLE world and not just one race or people. ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... s the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the `ready aimaimaimaim syndrome.' You must be willing to fire." Business guru Tom Peters tells about a businessman whom he admires whose motto is `anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.' "The logic is impeccable," says Peters. He points out that the plane the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk was nothing to write home about. Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone was not exactly up to Bell Lab standards. Yet if Bell hadn ...
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